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• Yupik artist
• Alaska
• About 1900
• Engraved ivory and brass
• Acquired by exchange, 1961.129

Tobacco became a crucial trade commodity, fostering connections between Siberia and Alaska. By the mid-nineteenth century, trade relations between European and American whalers were flourishing. As trade expanded, Indigenous artisans began crafting pipes with designs influenced by European culture. Pipe decorations often depicted animal forms and intricate line work inspired by the scrimshaw carvings of European and American whalers.